Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Bernie Sanders’s huge New Hampshire win exposes a fractured Democratic Party

The Washington Post reports:
The results in New Hampshire show a Democratic Party in the state that is deeply ruptured demographically and ideologically -- in a way that happened to very much favor Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night.

It's easier to talk about the groups with whom Sanders didn't dominate in New Hampshire on Tuesday night than it is to talk about the ones where he did.

Hillary Clinton did better with groups that aren't too worried about the economy, according to preliminary exit poll data reported by CNN. She did better with those who'd rather continue the policies of President Obama than those who want to move in a more liberal direction (a group Sanders won by a 4-to-1 margin). She won people that were in the same age range as herself and the senator.
Socialism update.